Unit 11. Science and Technology. Lesson 1. Getting started

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UNIT 11: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PERIOD 87. LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
I. Listen and read: At the science club
II. Vocabulary
Progress (n): sự tiến bộ
Enormous (a)= big: to lớn, khổng lồ
Benefit (n) = help: lợi ích
Technology (n): công nghệ
Field (n) = Area (n): lĩnh vực



Question 1a: Find the words in A in the conversation. Then match them to the words in B with similar meanings:
Question 1b: Answer the questions.
1. Where are Nick, Duong and Chau?
Science and technology are changing everything.
4. What did Nick’s dad tell him?


Chau said that there would be no more schools: They’d just stay at home and learn on the internet.
5. What did Chau’s science teacher say?
3. What fields are science and technology greatly changing?
2. What is the subject of Dr.Nelson’s talk?
They are at the Science Club
It is the roles of science and technology in the 21st century.
He told Mick that only robots would work in factories and clean our homes in the future.
Question 1c: Work with a partner. What fields are mentioned in the conversation which are affected by science and technology?

Answers:

The economy (economic development)

The workplace (robots in factories)

The home (robots cleaning our homes)

Travel (traffic jams)

Education (school via the Internet)
Question 1d: Put a word/phrase from the box in each blank.
1. Technology in the _____ of telecommunications has developed greatly over the last decade
2. In the future, ordinary people may travel into _____ on spaceships.
3. He said he worked very hard and that was ___ ___ to his success.
4. An international meeting on ________ ___________ took place in Singapore last week.
5. If we had ______ ____ now, we could solve the problem of traffic jams.
Field
Space
The key
Flying cars
Economic Development
Look out!
- Science: Knowledge about the world, especially based on examining, testing, proving facts

- Technology: Things and ways of doing things that are based on knowledge about science and computers
Question 2: Put one of the words/phrases from the box in each gap. There is one extra.
Science subjects
technology
technique
machines
Scientific progress
researchers
1. Her teacher said she was really good at _______ _______ , but she was not very good at English
2. Advances in __________ have improved crop yields by over 30%
3. Cancer ___________ have made great progress, but many aspects of this disease need further study.
4. Scientific will be trying to invent _______ to teach children at home.
5. Thanks to __________ _______. Our world will be transformed greatly.
Question 6: Give the opposite of the words in brackets, using the prefix “un-” or “im-”
1. This is a species of insect previously (known) _______ to biologists.
2. I don’t like science fiction novels much. T think they are (realistic) ___________.
3. It is almost (possible) __________ to keep up with the latest developments in computing.
4. The teacher said that accurate measurement was (important) ___________ this experiment.
5. Fortunately, the river flowing through our town is (polluted) __________.
unrealistic
impossible
unknown
unimportant
unpolluted
Science &
Technology
Transport
Engineering
Farming
Home Life
Education
Leisure
Energy
Entertainment